Chemical Distributor IMCD Changes Private Equity Hands

Private equity firm Bain Capital (Boston) says it has agreed to acquire chemical distributor IMCD Group (Rotterdam) from AAC Capital Partners (Amsterdam). The purchase price is reportedly €650 million ($862 million), according to Dutch newspaper Het Financieel Dagblad. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. Consulting firm DistriConsult (Wädenswil, Switzerland) says the reported value represents a multiple of 9.3 times Ebitda, which is in line with recently paid prices, but above historical valuations. “It appears to factor in a significant potential of...

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